- an illegal ball, as for overstepping the crease, throwing, etc, for which the batting side scores a run, and from which the batsman can be out only by being run out
- an illegal ball, esp one bowled too high or too low
- a call by the umpire indicating a no-ball
- (transitive)(of an umpire) to declare (a bowler) to have bowled a no-ball
- to declare (a delivery) to be a no-ball